What's Keeping You Stuck?

Why can’t they just show up differently?

Scan his face and shrink so nothing blows up.

Soften your voice, manage the room, keep it okay.

Wait for him to change so you can finally relax.

He has to be different before this works.

The fear that distance means you’re not enough.

Being the one who keeps the whole thing together.

Living on pause until he acts like you need him to.

I’m scared their leaving would prove I never mattered.

I keep working harder on a relationship that isn’t working harder back.

I’m waiting for him to change so I can feel okay.